Digital Home Thoughts: Western Digital Finally Joins SSD Club

"Hard drive maker Western Digital has announced that its acquisition of SSD manufacturer SiliconSystems has been completed. The acquisition cost Western Digital $65 million in cash. SiliconSystems is a leading supplier of SSDs for the embedded systems market."

I have to say that the writing has been on the wall that SSDs are going to replace hard disk drives for quite some time. This is why I find it surprising that Western Digital has taken so long to get involved. Sure, solid state is still quite expensive but prices are coming down, capacity is going up. Several companies have already have built up a good reputation for SSDs and now Western Digital has an uphill battle. Still, it is good to see another major manufacturer enter the market since it should mean that prices will continue to drop. I've yet to jump on the bandwagon but I've seen the performance difference it can make. The future of Solid State is now just that much closer.